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Interview: Christian Porter on the industry portfolio

Industry, Science and Technology minister Christian Porter has mapped a layered set of priorities for Australia’s manufacturing-led recovery that preserves existing jobs, plugs supply-chain and capability gaps, and keeps...

All the signs are bad for the Growth Centres

15 July 2021 | by Peter Roberts

All the signs are bad for any small hope we may have had that the six industry growth centres would be replaced by something more like the highly successful...

Killing growth centres will enable ‘rorts’: Labor

24 June 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

Labor has accused the government of trying to kill off the Industry Growth Centres to gain control of their grant programs for political purposes as the Opposition ramps up...

‘Secret’ report backs the Industry Growth Centres

31 May 2021 | by Peter Roberts

An initial evaluation report of the six Industry Growth Centres – which has been considered in secret by the federal industry department for seven months or more – has highlighted inadequate...

Stone and Chalk acquires AustCyber growth centre

15 February 2021 | by James Riley

Tech incubator Stone and Chalk has acquired the Commonwealth-led cybersecurity Industry Growth Centre known as AustCyber in a boost for both organisations. Under arrangements unveiled on Monday, AustCyber becomes...

Qualified tick for Growth Centres

29 July 2019 | by Denham Sadler

The Industry Growth Centres are “generally on track,” but the government will struggle to measure their overall effectiveness, a long-awaited report has found. The federal government tasked Nous Group...

Labor’s $300m industry cuts

10 May 2019 | by James Riley

Labor would cut more than $300 million from the Industry Growth Centres and Entrepreneurs’ Programme – nearly half of the overall budget for these initiatives – if it wins...

Growth Centre review is shelved

17 April 2019 | by Aimee Chanthadavong

With the federal government now in caretaker mode ahead of the May poll, the Department of Industry has quietly shelved the public release of its Industry Growth Centres performance...

NERA boost for industry benefit

27 February 2019 | by Seamus Byrne

The energy sector is undergoing unprecedented change as global price fluctuations, consumer price arguments and debates over fossils versus renewables put the industry under an intense public and political...

Energy boost for NERA growth centre

25 February 2019 | by Seamus Byrne

The energy sector is undergoing enormous transformation. From global price fluctuations to consumer price arguments, and debates over fossils versus renewables, few industries are dealing with as many challenges...

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